The delightful Kristen Wiig, who's shone in dozens of supporting roles and on Saturday Night Live, hits a bull's-eye with her first lead role in Bridesmaids. Annie (Wiig) isn't doing so well; her bakery failed and she keep... more »s sleeping with a good-looking louse (Jon Hamm, Mad Men), but she's always had her best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph, Away We Go) to buoy her up? until Lillian gets engaged. Annie becomes maid of honor, but another friend of Lillian's--the rich and lovely Helen (Rose Byrne, Get Him to the Greek)--wants to take over that position. Misadventures with bad Brazilian food, dress fittings, an unfortunate flight to Vegas, and a sympathetic traffic cop (Chris O'Dowd from British TV comedy The IT Crowd) follow, with increasingly hilarious results. Bridesmaids successfully balances raunchy comedy and character portrait. The embarrassing and socially catastrophic stuff, which in too many movies balloons into absurdity, is here kept in check just enough to allow Annie and the other characters to be multidimensional people--without the movie losing its comic capacity for cringe. (Actress Melissa McCarthy, of Mike & Molly, works miracles with a character than in most hands would be pure cartoon.) Wiig's enormous appeal keeps Annie sympathetic, even as she becomes more and more of a train wreck. Bridesmaids is both smart and dumb, raunchy and earnest, and altogether enjoyable. --Bret Fetzer« less
Robin L. (robinlvh) from SEBASTIAN, FL Reviewed on 4/18/2018...
This group always makes me laugh... really enjoyed it!
3 of 5 member(s) found this review helpful.
Jennifer D. (jennicat) from ST AUGUSTINE, FL Reviewed on 1/3/2015...
Funny movie but I would not say I loved it.
2 of 4 member(s) found this review helpful.
Theresa S. from FLEMINGTON, NJ Reviewed on 12/5/2014...
This was a good movie on TV. DVD had way way too many of the f word. Ruined the movie. But I watched on Tv and laughed. Cursing was too much in Dvd. If you don't mind that word go for it but be careful with teens. I am not a person thAt cursing normally bothers but it did in this DVD
4 of 4 member(s) found this review helpful.
Ann B. from AURORA, CO Reviewed on 12/5/2014...
This movie was laugh out loud funny. Casting brought together a bunch of people who play well off of one another. Fresh, funny, and easy to relate to. Not really a "chick flick" - I think both genders would laugh at this one.
3 of 4 member(s) found this review helpful.
Kim s. B. (seacat66) from RICHMOND HTS, OH Reviewed on 12/1/2011...
i couldn't believe how bad this movie was. unnecessarily raunchy, which didn't have much to do with the storyline. kind of depressing.
a bizarre movie.
4 of 9 member(s) found this review helpful.
Melissa D. (Missyd27) from WARNER, OK Reviewed on 11/18/2011...
Good movie, my husband and I both LOVED it. I am trying to get it for him for Christmas. He wants to see all the extras. :)
2 of 2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Amber M. Reviewed on 10/22/2011...
i was very disappointed with this movie. first it was slow thru the entire thing, and i thought you would get to see them in Vegas at the bachelorette party , which you don't. It did have a few funny parts; which it shows most of them in the previews, so thinking it was going to be this funny and awesome movie, i was definitely let down.